Brick mayor's salary leads to increase in spending

6:55 AM,
Apr. 13, 2014

Former Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis.

Written by

Nicholas Huba | @nicholashuba

Two years after criticizing then-Republican Mayor Stephen C. Acropolis for taking a salary, Mayor John Ducey has decided to take a portion of the yearly allotted $52,000 payment.

According to township records, Ducey, a Democrat, is taking a yearly salary of $39,000, 75 percent of the total allowed by municipal law. According to the proposed $97.3 million municipal budget for 2014, spending in the mayor's office is up approximately $30,000. Most of it is tied to Ducey taking a salary, said Scott Pezarras, the township's chief financial officer.